John H. Blair

John H. Blair (born 1887) was a Scottish sailor. During his early career, he worked aboard the Loch Line, which operated between Britain and Australia. He then joined a Melbourne shipping company, and worked the Australia-India trade.^[1] From 1913–14, Blair served as Chief Officer aboard the SY Aurora, under John King Davis, during the final Antarctic voyage of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE).^[2][3] He later became Chief Executive Officer of Pangbourne Nautical College.^[1]

The Blair Islands, in Commonwealth Bay in Antarctica, were named after him by AAE Commander Douglas Mawson.^[4]

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Australasian Antarctic Expedition Personnel Main Base party Bob Bage Frank Bickerton John Close Percy Correll Walter Hannam Alfred Hodgeman John Hunter Frank Hurley Sidney Jeffryes Charles Laseron Cecil Madigan Douglas Mawson Archibald McLean Xavier Mertz Herbert Murphy B. E. S. Ninnis Frank Stillwell Eric Webb Leslie Whetter Western Base party Charles Dovers Charles Harrisson Charles Hoadley Sydney Jones Alexander Kennedy Morton Moyes Andrew Watson Frank Wild Macquarie Island party George Ainsworth Leslie Blake Harold Hamilton Charles Sandell Arthur Sawyer SY Aurora officers John H. Blair John King Davis Frank D. Fletcher F. J. Gillies Percival Gray Clarence Petersen de la Motte Norman Toutcher Other Hugh Evelyn Watkins Parties and vessels Far Eastern Party SY Aurora Western Base Party Places Adélie Land Cape Denison Commonwealth Bay King George V Land Macquarie Island Mertz Glacier Ninnis Glacier Queen Mary Land Shackleton Ice Shelf Wireless Hill Other Adélie Land meteorite Air-tractor sledge Mawson's Huts Category